Yet Another Compact Crank Question
03-08-05 | 07:28 PM
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Yet Another Compact Crank Question
I did a search on this but didn't find anything.
I want to convert my Dura Ace triple to an FSA compact. What does this entail? Can I use my current front deraillerur and front shifter, or do I need to replace one or the other, or both? Can I use my Dura Ace bottom bracket?
Thanks much.
I want to convert my Dura Ace triple to an FSA compact. What does this entail? Can I use my current front deraillerur and front shifter, or do I need to replace one or the other, or both? Can I use my Dura Ace bottom bracket?
Thanks much.
03-08-05 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ltspd
I did a search on this but didn't find anything.
I want to convert my Dura Ace triple to an FSA compact. What does this entail? Can I use my current front deraillerur and front shifter, or do I need to replace one or the other, or both? Can I use my Dura Ace bottom bracket?
Thanks much.
I want to convert my Dura Ace triple to an FSA compact. What does this entail? Can I use my current front deraillerur and front shifter, or do I need to replace one or the other, or both? Can I use my Dura Ace bottom bracket?
Thanks much.
03-08-05 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sydney
The shifter will shift a double.The FD will probably work. The BB spindle is the wrong length for a double.
I'd stay with the DA triple myself and I run a compact.
03-08-05 | 08:59 PM
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Your current full-size crankset is a superior technology. Reducing the tooth count front and/or rear merely accelerates driveline wear and makes it harder to set up a good gear ratio progression. Compact drive systems are yet another useless fad, like indexed front shifters, which appears to have caught on.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
03-08-05 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by John E
Your current full-size crankset is a superior technology. Reducing the tooth count front and/or rear merely accelerates driveline wear and makes it harder to set up a good gear ratio progression. Compact drive systems are yet another useless fad, like indexed front shifters, which appears to have caught on.
03-09-05 | 01:15 AM
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From: SoCA
Originally Posted by John E
Your current full-size crankset is a superior technology. Reducing the tooth count front and/or rear merely accelerates driveline wear and makes it harder to set up a good gear ratio progression. Compact drive systems are yet another useless fad, like indexed front shifters, which appears to have caught on.
with a 5 speed or even a 7 speed system I'd agree. But the fad is 9 or ten speed...easy to get progression. Friction is the way to go up front, but what are ya gonna do...copy some guy who won the TDF?
